International medical graduate physician deaths from COVID-19 in US

What The Study Did: International medical graduates often practice as physicians in locations and specialties less preferred by U.S. medical graduates. This study reports on physician mortality from COVID-19, and on the mortality of international medical graduates in particular. Authors: Abraham Verghese, M.D., of Stanford University in California, is the corresponding author. To access the…

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International analysis of electronic health records of children, youth hospitalized with COVID-19 in 6 countries

What The Study Did: Researchers describe international hospitalization trends and key epidemiological and clinical features of children and youth with COVID-19. Authors: Paul Avillach, M.D., Ph.D., of Harvard Medical School in Boston, and Florence Bourgeois, M.D., M.P.H., of Boston Children’s Hospital, are the corresponding authors. To access the embargoed study: Visit our For The Media website…

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Study finds brain areas involved in seeking information about bad possibilities

IMAGE: Ilya Monosov, PhD, shows data on brain activity obtained from monkeys as they grapple with uncertainty. Monosov and colleagues at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified… view more  Credit: Washington University Photographic Services The term “doomscrolling” describes the act of endlessly scrolling through bad news on social media and reading every…

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Anticoagulation in patients hospitalized with COVID-19

What The Study Did: This study of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 examines the association of anticoagulation treatment with mortality rates. Authors: Valerie M. Vaughn, M.D., M.Sc., of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, is the corresponding author. To access the embargoed study: Visit our For The Media website at this link https://media.jamanetwork.com/ (doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.11788) Editor’s…

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Comparing symptoms, RNA levels in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection

What The Study Did: Researchers compared the association between symptoms and SARS-CoV-2 RNA levels in children and adults. Authors: Erin Chung, M.D., of the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, is the corresponding author. To access the embargoed study: Visit our For The Media website at this link https://media.jamanetwork.com/ (doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.2025) Editor’s Note: The…

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AI predicts how patients with viral infections, including COVID-19, will fare

IMAGE: This image shows specialized lung cells (resembling a beaded necklace) that may mount a cytokine storm in response to some viral infections. view more  Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine used an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to sift through terabytes of gene expression data —…

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